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Magic of Writing [Kõva köide]

(University of Essex, Colchester, UK)
  • Formaat: Hardback, 192 pages, kõrgus x laius: 210x148 mm, kaal: 405 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 13-Feb-2018
  • Kirjastus: Bloomsbury Academic
  • ISBN-10: 1137608005
  • ISBN-13: 9781137608000
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 192 pages, kõrgus x laius: 210x148 mm, kaal: 405 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 13-Feb-2018
  • Kirjastus: Bloomsbury Academic
  • ISBN-10: 1137608005
  • ISBN-13: 9781137608000
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In this engaging guide, teacher, poet and lyricist Adrian May shows how magic is a tool used by writers to generate creativity, where concepts of magic are seen as portals of creative power. This unique book features approachable chapters on aspects of magic and writing - such as the Tarot and the creative methods of W. B. Yeats. Blending literary criticism with practical exercises, this text will enable readers to understand the magical nature of creative writing, giving them a sense of wider possibilities and equipping them to improve their creative writing.

This an ideal resource for undergraduate or postgraduate students taking courses on Creative Writing, as well as established or budding writers working independently.
Preface ix
Introduction: Magic and Literature xi
1 Magic is a Dirty Word
1(8)
2 Meeting the Magician
9(12)
3 Magic Words
21(10)
4 How to Make a Poet: Rituals to Turn You into an Inspired Writer
31(12)
5 Magic Portals (Making an Entrance)
43(10)
6 Tricksters
53(10)
7 The Tarot
63(10)
8 I Ching, Oracle and Creation
73(8)
9 The Magic Nine, or How to Use the Muse
81(10)
10 Gurdjieff and Colin Wilson: The Woken Moment
91(6)
11 Yeats' Apparatus
97(10)
12 Shakespeare's Magical England
107(12)
13 Faust: You Are the Lucky Fist
119(12)
14 The Lost Fairies
131(10)
15 Childe Roland: Dark Towers, Slughorns and Oliphants
141(8)
16 Magical Animals
149(10)
17 Love and Magic
159(10)
18 Magic and Endings: Curses and Blessings
169(10)
Postscript: Magic and the Future 179(10)
Index 189
Adrian May is Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Essex and is the author of Myth and Creative Writing: The Self-Renewing Song (2011)